Hi,

I recently purchased a Golf TDI ('06, BKD) with an EGR delete and a (poorly) attempted effort to remove the EGR cooler. Yesterday I noticed the car was whistling on acceleration and deceleration - I checked out the EGR system and low and behold there is no blanking plate at the back of the engine where the pipe normally recirculates the exhaust gases. I assume this must have fallen off recently in my ownership.

I've ordered a blanking plate off eBay but am not sure what temporary fix I could use in the meantime. Should I keep the car off the road or is it safe to drive seeing as the entire EGR system has been disabled? I drove the car yesterday and today with no real adverse effects on fuel consumption but it did feel a bit down on power. Any thoughts?

Cheers